Rail-anticreeper tie-plate



W. H. CLEVELAND.

RAIL ANTICREEPER TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION mzo JULYI. 1919.

Patented July 13, 1920.

W. H. CLEVELAND.

RAIL ANTICREEPER TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7.'I9I9. V 1,346,398, Patented July I3, 1920.

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RAIL-ANTICREEPER TIE-PLATE.

Applicationfiled July-7, 1919. Serial No. 309,028.

To all whom it may concern lie it known that I, lVILLIAM H. CLEVE- LAND,a. citizen of the United States, residing at Vi ellington, in the countyof Sumner and State of Kansas, have invented new and use fulImprovements in Rail'Anticreeper Tie- Plates, of which the following isa specification.

lily present invention pertains to railway track appliances and itcontemplates the provision of an anti-rail creeper tie-plate wherebycreeping or longitudinal movement of the rails in both opposingdirections is effectually precluded.

"the invention further contemplates the device of the character setforth that is easily adjusted and inexpensively produced and whenapplied in the proper manner will not only prevent the above-mentionedmovement of the rails but will also assist in maintaining the gage ofthe rails at all times and protect the tie from mechanical rail wear.

lVith the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of thisspecifi ation, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing my novel tie-plate as assembled withrespect to a tie, and the rail thereof.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the rail in its proper relativeposition with respect to the plate.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the top member that goes tomake up the plate and further illust 'ating the downwardiy extendingportion that grips the cross-tie on wnich the plate is mounted.

Fig. lis a perspective view of the bottom member that goes to make upthe assembled plate.

Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective of'the plate illustrated in Fig. 3,and,

Fig. 6 is a section taken through the central portion of the plate andshowing the several elements as properly assembled, but eliminating therail gripping means of the plates.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

For the sake of clearness and in order to enable others to readilyappreciate the in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13,

vention, I have designated the member illus trated by Fig. 3 as the topmember, and the member illustrated by F ig. las the bottom. member, andI would distinctly have it understood that because of theirconstructions either member may be employed on the right or left-handside of a rail with equal facility. In other words, the device is whatmay be termec fool proof.

My novel tie plate comprises the members 1 and 2 and each of saidmembers is provided with a clamp jaw 3 at one end thereof that firmlygrips or clamps the rail flange 4: (Fig. 2) and each of said members isprovided with a longitudinally extending boss 5 that extends from theinner end of the aw 3 to the full extent of the member except where itis broken by an elongated spike hole 6, which is of a peculiarconstruction for a purpose hereinafter set forthin detail.

Both of the members, which are in duplicate form are provided withchannel grooves 7 and'these grooves are formed transversely through theassembled plate in such manner at an angle of approximately 2" in every8", so as to form a wedge shape section of each of the members 1 and 2;It will be appreciated by reference to Figs. 3 and 4 that one member isprovided with a groove 7 in its underside and the opposite member isprovided with the groove in its upper face.

As clearly appears in Figs. 5 and 4%, it will be seen that in order toform the jump connection of the members under the rail, I cut away thegripping members as indicated by 8 and also to reduce the cost ofmanufacture and to overcome vibration due to contact between the railsand plates, I indent a portion of each member 1 and 2 as indicated by 9.

Because of their construction, the members l and 2 have a wedge-actionwith each other to grip the rail base.

As will be seen by reference to the drawings, each member 1 and 2 has aclownwardly directed portion 10 and in practice when the assembled plateis properly positioned on a tie and the clamp jaws 3 grip the sides ofthe base of the rail; one of the abutting portions 10 would preventmovement of the member to which it is attached. and the rail in creepingwill'carry the other member forward to cause a lateral gripping of therail between the jaws 3, which action occurs from traflie in eitherdirection,

and hence it will be appreciated that the portions 10 cause a wedging totakeplace between the jaws and rail.

The wedging inclination thus brought about will take place immediatelyon creeping of the rails but in order to be doubly assured that themembers 1 and 2 Will immediately stop movement toward each other andtoi'urther assist in maintainingthe perfeet gage of the tracks thedownwardly extending lugs .10 will on movement otmembers 1 and 2 abutagainst their complementarytie and hence prevent the members 1 and 2from w-edging too strongly-against demanding the removal. of the rails.

across the base of the-rails at-an angle and sameis driven intheslotholes it willellbase.

The space between the members 1 and 2 pingthe tongue andgroove ofonemem- I would have it here understood th the the base of the rails. Thisis particularly desirous when. for any reason occasion arises The spikeslots by preference are of any shape or size and extend under and it ismy desire to use ,spilre 25 long and it," by f g "111 diameter so thatwhen the gage the base of the rail and force any chating to take placebetween the spike and accommodate the spike duringlateral movement oithe members '1 and 2.

adjacent the grooves? permits the ready connecnon ofthe members bys mplydropber into the complementary tongue and groove of the opposing member.

flange 4 is rengagedby the jaws 3 only to the extent or about two-thirdsoI an'inch,

whichdistance 1 consider sufiicient to aecomplish the purposes of myinvention. It Wlll ,be gathered from the r-foregolng that the de ice issimple in construction and easy to produce and assemble and contains nodelicate parts such as are likely to become useless after a short periodof use;

ldoreover the device may be used in Suthcient numbers to control eitherlight or heavy tra'liio, and can further be employed in conjunction withany form of rail joint toprotect the rail from injury due to creeping.The device may also be employed in suihcicnt numbers to eliminate theuse of fish plates and other well known devices with which antirailcreeping devices are used at present. 7

Itmay be well to state thatvthe members 1 and 2 have thefiangeextendingtheir full length along the rail flange except where broken to make roomfor the slot holes or spike holes.

Maniiestly the elongated slots will Having described my invention, whatI claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patout, is: K

luln a rail plate-the"combination of a member having one side edge outat an angle, a flange extending approximately the full length of themember on the other side thereof, a rail gripping jaw at one end of themember, 1a slot hole at the opposite end from the jaW- arranged in themember and cut at'an angle to the flange, a downwardly extending tieengagingportion formed on one end of the member vand at-tongue andgroove formed in the underside of the memher and extending parallel withthe angular side of the member, and an opposing member constructedsimilar -.to the firstnamed member, but having itstongue and groovearranged in its upper face -whereby the tongue and groove of thefirst-named member may interlock with those of the second member.

, 2. Ina rail gIlPPlIlgJHGMIS,tlIG'GOlDlOlIIZL- tion of a tie plateformed ojf'two members each having a jaw ar'anged onone side thereof, aflange on said side, a downwardly extending tie engaging portion on theend of each member and a tongue andlgroove provided in each member thatare engaged by thetongue and groove of the other member and soconstructed and arranged that movementlongitudinally of a railthatnormally rests on the members, will cause wedging of the 'jaws oipeachmember and the rail base. 7

3. In a rail plate, the combination'of two plates each formed" with onestraight side, and an opposing side out at an angle,"whereby one endwill be of larger'sizethan the other, 'a depending tie engaging portionformed on the large end of each plate, a rail jaw mounted on thestraight side of each plate, and ,a flange on said side of the plate,and a longitudinal tongue and groove that extends along the angular sideof each mem her; one of said members being provided with the tongue andgroove in its upper face; and the vother of said members being Iprovided with the tongue and groove in its lower face, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

hand in presence of two subscribing wit- Intestimo-ny whereof Ihave'hereunto set V

